&c.: (verse 18): _And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom_. Nor is it to be marveled at, that the same kingdom is attributed to them both; since both the Father and the Son are the same God; and the new covenant concerning God’s kingdom, is not propounded in the name of the _Father_; but in the name of the _Father_, of the _Son_, and of the _Holy Ghost_, as of one God. [Sidenote: That the kingdom of God by the new covenant is heavenly, and begins from the day of judgment.] 5. But the kingdom of God, for restitution whereof Christ was sent from God his Father, takes not its beginning before his second coming; to wit, from the day of judgment, when he shall come in majesty accompanied with his angel. For it is promised the apostles, that in the kingdom of God they shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel, (Matth. xix. 28): _Ye which have followed me in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel_: which is not to be done till the day of judgment. Christ therefore is not yet in the throne of his majesty; nor is that time, when Christ was conversant here in the world, called a kingdom, but a _regeneration_; that is to say, a renovation or restitution of the kingdom of God, and a calling of them who were hereafter to be received into his kingdom. And where it is said (Matth. xxv. 31-32): _When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory, and before him shall be gathered all nations; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats_: we may manifestly gather that there will be no local separation of God’s subjects from his enemies, but that they shall live mixed together until Christ’s second coming. Which is also confirmed by the comparison of the kingdom of heaven with wheat mingled with darnell, and with a net containing all sorts of fish. But a multitude of men, enemies and subjects, living promiscuously together, cannot properly be termed a kingdom. Besides, the apostles, when they asked our Saviour, whether he would at that time when he ascended into heaven, restore the kingdom unto Israel; did openly testify, that they then, when Christ ascended, thought the kingdom of God not to be yet come. Furthermore, the words of Christ, _My kingdom is not of this world_: and, _I will not drink_, &c. _till the kingdom of God come_: and, _God hath not sent his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved_: and, _If any man hear my words, and keep them not, I judge him not; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world_: and, _Man, who made me a judge or divider between you?_ and the very appellation of _the kingdom of heaven_ testifies as much. The same thing is gathered out of the words of